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prevent each alveolus from collapsing as air moves in and out during respiration
The adjective for alveolus (singular) or alveoli (plural) is alveolar.
mammary alveolus
Alveolar macrophage cells work to clear particles from the alveolus by phagocytosis. If this process is overcome by continued build up of particles then the alveolus becomes damaged. Once an alveolus is blocked there isn't much you can do.
One alveolus is a singular, tiny air sac of the lung, surrounded by a network of capillaries, and through which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged. A cluster of such air sacs are alveoli (plural of alveolus).
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Atelectasis is the imperfect dilation of the lungs or the collapse of an alveolus.
(Alveoli are the jaw sockets for teeth, or the individual air sacs in the lungs.) "In childhood, more than one tooth can occupy an alveolus." "In each alveolus of the lung, gases are exchanged with the capillary blood."